It is never the duty of a leader to struggle for someone else; a leader must encourage others to struggle and assure them that the struggles are worthwhile. Do battle with the challenges of your present, and you will unlock the prizes of your future.

And that destination for which we should strive is one of a successful life not necessarily a life of success.

Little things do matter. Sometimes, little things matter the most. Everybody pays a lot of attention to big things, but nobody seems to understand that big things are almost always made up of little things. When you ignore little things, they often turn into big things that have become a lot harder to handle.

We think in our society today that the way people change is that they have to have a deep desire to change or that the way they change is they have to hit rock bottom. But neither of those things is true.

When you know that everything matters—that every move counts as much as any other—you will begin living a life of permanent purpose.

It's also a lot easier to convince people to read an entertaining story than any other type of book!

I had always been able to make people laugh in school, so I really developed that and worked on it and I got pretty good at it and it turned into a career.